JAMES Mullen, 19, who also attacked a girl of 10 and threatened to stab a police officer, was sent to jail to await sentencing after pleading guilty.

A RACIST thug came home drunk from a Scottish Defence League march and kicked his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach.

And when a Polish neighbour rushed to stop the savage attack, James Mullen snarled: “F*** off back to your own country,” and threatened to stab him.

Mullen, 19, also attacked a girl of 10, then tried to headbutt, kick and punch police and threatened to stab an officer.

He had been on bail, but was sent to jail yesterday to await sentence after pleading guilty.

Jobless Mullen left his flat in Leith, Edinburgh, on July 6 last year for a far-right SDL march in Aberdeen. He drank Buckfast, vodka and beer all day then passed out on the bus home and woke in a foul mood.

When he got back to the flat, girlfriend Christine McLeod told him he was too drunk to go to a party they’d been invited to.

Mullen shouted that Christine was embarrassed by him then grabbed her throat, forced her to the floor and began to squeeze.

Prosecutor Richard Goddard told the High Court in Edinburgh: “The victim reports the grasp felt like a lot of pressure and she began to struggle to breathe.”

Mullen then seemed to stop the attack and said he would call an ambulance. But when Christine got to the front door he began screaming at her again.

The 10-year-old girl heard Christine’s cries for help and tried to get in, but Mullen slammed the door on her arm until she pulled it back.

He then started punching Christine and shoved her against a wall. She fell down and he began kicking her head and side as she curled up to protect her baby. She was six weeks pregnant with Mullen’s child but believes he kept kicking her for several minutes.

Mullen father a child with Christine but their relationship fell apart after he got drunk on SDL march

Christine got out into the stairwell, where Mullen punched her and kicked her in the stomach.

Neighbour Slawomir Slawinski came to her aid. Mullen threatened him but his courage allowed Christine to get away.

Police arrived. Mullen told them he had only wanted to propose to Christine, then tried to attack them.

He pled guilty to assaulting Christine to the danger of her life, assaulting Slawomir by threatening him, assaulting the 10-year-old, resisting arrest and acting in a racially aggravated way.

Christine, 30, whose daughter Demi is now six weeks old, said later that she and Mullen, now 20, were no longer together.

She added: “I hope he learns from this. Deep down he is an OK laddie but he’s a different person when he has drink in him.”